republican marriages

A form of republican marriage — An alleged form of execution during the French Revolution in which a man and woman were tied together naked, exposed to public view for a time in this condition, and then stabbed, shot, or thrown into a body of water to drown.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of republican marriage
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